TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
2nd Bilbao Masters (Concluded)
2nd Bilbao Masters 2009
Mark Crowther - Saturday 12th September 2009
The winner Levon Aronian. A surge of four wins in a row after losing in the first round took him to victory with a round to spare. Photo © Fred Lucas | http://www.fredlucas.eu/
Levon Aronian took clear first place with 4 wins 1 draw and a loss to Grischuk in the first round. Alexander Grischuk took second place due to more wins than Sergey Karjakin (they employed three points for a win).
1.Aronian 13pts 2. Grischuk 8pts, Karjakin 7pts, 4 Shirov 3pts.
The 2nd edition of the Grand Slam Masters Final took place in Bilbao, September 5-12th 2009. The winners of the Nanching Pearl Spring, Corus-Wijk aan Zee, Ciudad de Linares and Mtel Masters-Sofia tournaments were due play in the final. However at the last minute Veselin Topalov withdrew and was replaced with Levon Aronian.
| Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao. 5th-12th September 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5th September 2009 | Drawing of lots | Time |
| 6th September 2009 | 1st Round | 17:00 CET |
| 7th September 2009 | 2nd Round | 17:00 CET |
| 8th September 2009 | 3rd Round | 17:00 CET |
| 9th September 2009 | Rest day | |
| 10th September 2009 | 4th Round | 17:00 CET |
| 11th September 2009 | 5th Round | 17:00 CET |
| 12th September 2009 | 6th Round | 16:00 CET |
| 12th September 2009 | closing ceremony | |
2nd Grand Slam Masters Final Bilbao (Bilbao ESP)
Sun 6th Sep 2009 - Sat 12th Sep 2009 -
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Masters Final (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:60m) - Games in PGN: Masters
Masters Final (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 90m:60m) - Games in PGN: Masters
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| 2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao (ESP), 6-12 ix 2009 | cat. XX (2740) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table using 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2773 | * | * | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2921 |
| 2. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2733 | 3 | 0 | * | * | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2741 |
| 3. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2722 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | * | * | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2745 |
| 4. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | * | 3 | 2549 |
| 2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao (ESP), 6-12 ix 2009 | cat. XX (2740) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2773 | * | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2921 |
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2722 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2745 |
| 3. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2733 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2741 |
| 4. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2730 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | * | 1½ | 2549 |
| Round 1 (September 6, 2009) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Shirov, Alexei | ½-½ | 24 | B78 | Sicilian Modern Dragon |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 52 | D43 | Anti-Meran Gambit |
| Round 2 (September 7, 2009) | |||||
| Aronian, Levon | - Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | 30 | E55 | Nimzo Indian |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Shirov, Alexei | 1-0 | 52 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran |
| Round 3 (September 8, 2009) | |||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 | 39 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin |
| Shirov, Alexei | - Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | 29 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall |
| Round 4 (September 10, 2009) | |||||
| Aronian, Levon | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 | 42 | D11 | Slav Defence |
| Shirov, Alexei | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 36 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin |
| Round 5 (September 11, 2009) | |||||
| Aronian, Levon | - Shirov, Alexei | 1-0 | 43 | A20 | English Opening |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 99 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin |
| Round 6 (September 12, 2009) | |||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 36 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange |
| Shirov, Alexei | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 47 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
